Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies

by Elizabeth DePoy, Laura N. Gitlin PhD

This clearly written, easy-to-understand book demystifies the research process and provides a rational foundation from which to critique and understand research designs and applications in health care and human service settings. Divided into five parts – Introduction, Thinking Processes, Design Approaches, Action Processes, and Improving Practice Through Inquiry – it explores multiple research strategies, proposing that naturalistic and experimental-type research strategies have equal value and contribute in complementary and distinct ways to the science of practice. Content in this edition has been significantly expanded and updated to reflect changes in the field, specifically in areas of ethics, informed consent, practice efficacy, and proposal-writing.

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Kei · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is like one of my main lecturers: not comprehensive at all. Though it's only an introduction to research, there should be comprehensive explanations to the strategies.